Combination tool



WITNESS:

May 1. 1928. 1,668,474

VM M.VVELLS COMBINATION TOOL Filed March 10 1924 ATTORNEY Patented May1, 1928.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM. M. WELLS, OF CARROLL, IOW'L COMBINATION TOOL.

Application filed March 10, 1924.. Serial No. 698,194.

This invention relates to improvements in tools, and has for an objectthe provlsion of a tool which includes a pair of pliers, a pin puller,and a wrench.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a tool of thischaracter which is simple in construction, convenient in use, and whichis especially adapted for use in restricted areas or places ordinarilyhard to reach.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further includesthe following novel features and details of construction, to behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and

pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a tool construeted inaccordance with the invention,

Fig. 2 is an edge View of the same,

Fig. 3 is an end view, and

Fig. 4- is a section on the line 4- 1 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings in detail 2 wherein like characters ofreference denote corresponding parts, the invention as constructedcomprises a pair of members 10, each of which includes a jaw 11 and ahandle 12. The members are connected by means of a pivot pin 13 which iscarried by one member and which passes through a slot or opening 14:provided in the other member, whereby the members may be adjustedlaterally in a manner well known in tools of a similar nature.

The jaws 11 each includes a laterally right-angularly extending offsetportion 15, whose opposed meeting faces 16 are relatively wide so thatwhen the tool is used after the manner of the ordinary pliers, a

wide gripping or engaging surface is provided. In addition, the jawshave their opposed faces provided with transversely extendingsubstantially semicircular grooves which form an opening 17 for thereception of a cotter-pin or like element 18. This provides convenientmeans for gripping and pulling a cotter-pin. The innerface, that is, theface of the jaws adjacent the handles, is recessed as indicated at 19 soas to provide room for the head of a key or other element, permittingthe jaws to be tightly gripped upon saidkey or element.

The outer ends of the jaws 15 are provided with angularly arrangedrecesses 20, which, as shown in Fig. 1 form a nut-receiving socket. Thesocket formed by the jaws .is at the extreme end of the tool, therebyallowing the tool to be used in places otherwise inaccessible. The toolmay thus be used after the manner of the ordinary pliers, as acotter-pin puller, or as a socket wrench.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form,proportions, and minor details of construction, and the right is hereinreserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of theappended claim.

Having described the invention what is claimed is t e A tool consistingof a pair of pivotally united elements, corresponding adjacent endportions of both elements merging into laterally extending complementalopposed jaws the opposed faces of which have angular recesses therein,which, when the opposed jaws are together, form a rectangular socket forengagement with a key or the like for turning the same, the socket beinglocated at the extreme end of the tool, the rear portions ofcorresponding side faces of the jaws being chambered out causing acavity to be formed at a point beyond and as a continuation of thesocket, making room for the reception of the head of such key, theopposite extending ends of the two .members merging into handles,whereby the members of the tool can be operative toward and'from eachother for manipulating the jaws. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM M. WELLS.

